Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 5.1.34
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
accessory to a principal single-family dwelling on the same lot
- Location requirement
located within the principal dwelling or in an accessory building on the same lot
- Maximum floor area1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
gross floor area of not more than 1,000 square feet
- Occupancy requirement
occupied by a person related to the occupant of the principal dwelling, or by a person providing care to the occupant of the principal dwelling
From the ordinance
The accessory apartment shall be accessory to a principal single-family dwelling on the same lot. The accessory apartment shall be located within the principal dwelling or in an accessory building on the same lot. The accessory apartment shall have a gross floor area of not more than 1,000 square feet. The accessory apartment shall be occupied by a person related to the occupant of the principal dwelling, or by a person providing care to the occupant of the principal dwelling.